Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15137, Joseph Gallup, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gallup, Joseph
S 15137
Carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut 3825.
Joseph Gallup
of Grolon in the State of Conn t who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Spicer of the Reg t commanded by Col d Parsons in the Conn t Troops line for
11. months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 36. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jan y 1833 and sent to Mrs. Abigail Barber, House of R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $ 54 99 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 18 33
$ 73. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis J. Fancion Cler k Book (D. Vol. 3 d Page 44.
Died Feb 23, 1835-

Joseph Gallup
No 1418.
admit
11 m o private
36.66
Hen & Baden

State of Connecticut
County of New London ss
On this 6 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the City Court of the City of New London now sitting Joseph Gallup a resident of the Town of Groton in said County of New London and State of Connecticut aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted at Groton in the spring of 1775 into Capt Spicers company for the term of Seven months. That after his enlistment the company was stationed a while at Groton and New London and shortly after the battle of Bunker Hill marched to Roxbury where he remained in service till the company was discharged in November 1775 having been Seven months in service that Spicers company belonged to Colonel Parsons Regiment and the officers of the company were
Abel Spicer Capt Isaac Gallup 1 st Lieut Isaac Williams 2 d Lieut Mr Latham Ensign
That Nathan Darrow of Groton was a member of the Company for the same term and can testify as to his services as stated above.
That subsequently after the British had landed on Long Island in the summer of 1776 there was a call for the militia to join the American army near New York. that his father Capt Joseph Gallup was Captain of the company to which he belonged and that company was called into service and sometime in the summer marched from Groton through New London New Haven Fairfield and New Rochelle and joined the army under General Washington at East Chester that the company did not join the army etc after

the battle of White Plains, that they were stationed in the vicinity late in the fall and were then discharged after being in service four months. that the officers of the company were Joseph Gallup Captain John Gardner Lieut Ebenezer Avery Ensign
That he was born at Groton in the year 1755 and has a record of his age in the Town Records of Groton. that he was living at Groton when called into service where he has since lived & now lives. That he first entered the service by enlistment and afterwards by call for the company, does not remember officers other than those stated herein. Don't recollect to have rec d any discharge if so has lost it. never rec d any compensation has no documentary evidence, but is well known to Nathan Darrow who can testify as to his services as stated herein in Spicers company
and he is also well known to Rufus Avery and to Rev d John G. Wightman who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. From to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Wm F Mainwaring Clerk. JOSEPH GALLUP
We John G. Wightman clergyman residing in the Town of Groton and Rufus Avery residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Gallup who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. From and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Court W F Mainwaring Clerk Rufus Avery John G. Wightman

I John Morgan of the Town of Groton of the age of seventy two years testify and say, that in the year 1776 after the British had landed on Long Island a requisition was made for the militia to go to New York to join the Army under Genl Washington. I well remember that Capt Joseph Gallup with his company left Groton to go to New York in the summer of 1776 and I well remember that Joseph Gallup the son of Capt Joseph Gallup belonged to the company and went away with them and after an absence of several months the militia returned and Joseph Gallup came back with them. I always understood the company went to the vicinity of New York but I did not go with them and of course cannot speak positively.
John Morgan
Signed sworn to in Court W. H. [redacted] Clerk

I Nathan Darrow of Groton aforesaid do hereby certify that I was a member of Spicers company in the year 1775 that during that season I belonged to the company seven months and I also remember that Joseph Gallup of Groton was a member of Spicers company and marched with me to Roxbury soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill, he was in service during the same time with myself. Nathan Darrow signed for me in Court William Field.

3 and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the within named applicant was a Revolution- ary soldier and served as such in the State of Ohio and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John G. Wightman who has signed the preceding cer- tificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Norton and that Rufus Avery who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Norton and is a credible person and that their state- ment is entitled to credit. And that John Morgan and Nathan Darrow are credible witnesses.
I William F. Brainard Clerk of the City Court of the City of New London do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Gallup for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said City Court This 1 st day of August AD 1832 Wm F. Brainard Clerk

April 26, 1934
See further letter Feb-24 Writ in Cl. 2 1936 in Joseph Gallup - M. 741 same date file
BA-J/EL Joseph Gallup-S.15137 Timothy Morgan-R.7390
Mrs. Harriette V. Stacy 11 Huntington Street Hartford, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elijah Walsworth, Joseph Gallup, Abijah, Elijah and Timothy Morgan, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of an Elijah Morgan, who served from the state of Connecticut or of Abijah Morgan or Elijah Walsworth or Walworth. The records of Joseph Gallup and Timothy Morgan have been found and their histories are furnished herein as obtained from the papers on file in the respective claims for pension based upon their military services in the War of the Revolution.
Joseph Gallup S. 15137
Joseph Gallup was born in 1755, exact date not shown, in Groton, Connecticut. His father was also Joseph Gallup; the name of his mother is not shown.
While residing in said Groton, Connecticut, Joseph Gallup enlisted in the spring of 1775, served as a private in Captain Spicer's Company, Colonel Parsons' Connecticut Regiment; after the battle of Bunker Hill, marched to Roxbury, where he was stationed during the remainder of the tour, and was discharged in November, 1775, having served seven months. One Isaac Gallup was lieutenant of Captain Spicer's Company; no relationship of Joseph to Isaac was shown; he again enlisted in the summer
First ser. in Conn. head page 78.

of 1776, served as a private in the company commanded by his father, Captain Joseph Gallup, in the Connecticut Troops: marched to New York and was stationed in the vicinity of White Plains until late in the fall when he was discharged, having served four months.
Joseph Gallup was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, while residing in Groton, Connecticut.
AB He died February 23, 1835, place not shown.
There is no reference to wife or children in the papers in the pension claim.
The foregoing is the history of the only soldier named Joseph Gallup, who served with the Connecticut Troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
* * * * *
Timothy Morgan R. 7390
Timothy Morgan was born in 1750, exact date not shown, in Groton, New London County, Connecticut. The names of soldier's parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
After the Revolution, he moved from Groton, Connecticut, to Chittenden County, Vermont, where he lived a number of years, then moved to Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, New York.
Timothy Morgan applied for pension on October 31, 1833, while residing in said Ellicottville, and alleged that while residing in Groton, Connecticut, he belonged to a militia company of that town, in 1775, and was called out at various times on short tours of from a few days to a month in length, guarding the inhabitants; entire length of this service and officers' names not given; that he again enlisted in the summer of 1776, served as a private under Captain Gallup and Colonels Lattimer and Enos in the Connecticut Troops and that he was at the battle of White Plains where he was wounded by a bayonet thrust through one of his hands; length of this service, one year; that immediately after the termination of this tour, he again enlisted, marched to the south, that he was at Williamsburg and at the surrender of Cornwallis, and was immediately afterward discharged on account of his health; officers' names not given.

Timothy Morgan's claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension law under which he applied.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
The foregoing is the history of the only soldier named Timothy Morgan that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

113 O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., October, 1893
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph Gallup (Jr), a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. May 1775 7 mo Pvt Abel Spencer Samuel H Parsons Conn Summer 1776 4 mo " { Joseph Gallup (Sen) of Groton & father of the above "
Battles engaged in, Siege of Boston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Groton, New London County Conn
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Groton Conn
Age at date of application, born 1755 in Groton Conn
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mr J. G. Woodworth
Revolution Society
Hartford Conn
Commissioner.

11 Huntington St-
Hartford Ct-
April 10 1934
Veterans Administration
Director of Pensions of Revolutionary War Sol.
My dear Sir
Late in the month of Feb 1934 I wrote your dept concerning Rev. War soldiers. I enclosed reply postage.
I also understand what you sol have written me concerning the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information and that it has not been possible to make a series of investigations.
May I explain here how impossible it is to get any information concerning my ancestors that were in this war. for upwards

of thirty years persons have worked on records and traditions concerning Joseph Gallup's family in Guilford Vt. and 2 parties one a past town clerk of Guilford and a lady Genealogist born and brought up in this town, and they are writing a History of Guilford Vt and have worked very hard to trace this Joseph Gallup of the record, as I suppose to be the one that I am asking for in this letter.
Joseph Gallup appears on a pay roll of Capt. Elias Waldo's Militia Company also appears on pay roll of Lieut. Daniel Spooner's Company of Militia March 1781. this record came from Adjutant Generals Office State of Vermont. This is the only Joseph Gallup of this war that I have any information concerning his war record

The one I need had a wife Jemima and a daughter Jemima if the record I am enclosing should not be this one he may be a son and it may help with the Joseph & Jemima above. These dau Jemima married Elijah (Walworth) Walworth and his record was sent to me by another descendant in California she has been unable to trace this family and has employed Genealogists to do this, but they could not complete her papers.
Elijah Walworth on description list dated Deerfield July 24 1780. of men detached from Hampshire Co. Militia. Mustered in by Major Dickinson David Dickerson by order of Lt. Col. David Wells 4th Co. 5th Hampshire Co. Regt. engaged for the town of Bernardston Mass. he was also a private in Capt. Isaac Newtons

Col. S. Murrays Regt - enlisted July 13, 1788 Regiment raised in Hampshire Co. to reinforce Continental Army 3 months. his pension commued Feb 27 1832 = These records all work around to another ancestor lost intirely unless he was a Timothy Morgan son of Volcom Elijah or Abijah Morgan of Conn or and possibly New Hampshire. Abijah Morgan was in Major Spencers Comp. any of Conn. the pension papers may give help impossible to find elsewhere. and I want to say I am truthful about all that this letter contains and I am not a Genealogist. but, if I do not find or trace out these family I shall be unable to complete S. A R or D. & R. papers for myself and 4 adult children. I do not expect the impossible or do not ask to have any one violate rules of any office. but I shall appreciate any help

that you can give me, and please send all information that your records contain concerning these Rev. W. soldiers.
Very sincerely
(Mrs) Harriette V. Stacy

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY
PRESIDENT, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, NORWICH, CONN.
VICE-PRESIDENT, EBENEZER J. HILL, NORWALK, CONN.
SECRETARY, LUCIUS F. ROBINSON, HARTFORD, CONN.
TREASURER, JOHN C. HOLLISTER, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
REGISTRAR, JOSEPH G. WOODWARD, HARTFORD, CONN.
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22, 1893.
Dear Sir:
May I beg that you will kindly send me a statement of the services of Joseph Gallup of Connecticut, a revolutionary soldier?
Respectfully yours,
Registrar.
Hon. William Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C.

Oct. 1/93 Mil. Hist. to J. G. Woodward, Hartford Conn. Revolution Society. C.
1934-Apr 26-Visit to Mrs L. T. Stacy. Elk
15.137 INVALID.
File No. 15.137
Joseph Callupo
Phil. Pa. war
Act: June 2 nd 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New London Nov. 28 th 1832
Hon. A. Barber
(Dear Sir)
Herewith I send you the applications of Joshua Baker and Josiah Gallup both of Groton for Pensions under the act of 7 th June 1832. The papers were returned from the war office some days since. The reason stated for returning the application of Gallup was that the dispositions accompanying it were not properly connected and that the witnesses were not certified to be credible. The papers are now attached as required and by referring to the 3 rd page of the application it will be found that the court certify that the witnesses are credible. I have marked with a pencil the finding of the court.
As to the application of Baker the same difficulty existed as to attaching the dispositions which has been remedied. It is also suggested in Mr. Edwards letter that it does not sufficiently appear that Baker was called into actual service by the proper authority . All his service was in Capt. Latham's company at Fort Griswold. Capt. Rufus Army who has obtained his pension for the same service testifies as to one years service and John Morgan another. That Latham's company was called into

Service by the proper authority is a fact about which I presume you can satisfy the examining officer without putting Mr Baker to further trouble to prove. Damon's Service was in the same company and the fact is notorious that Latham's company was raised for the express purpose of garrisoning Fort Griswold. Your attention to the enclosed note confer a favor on Your Obedt O. W. T. Seavland Jr